The lives of a teenager, his best friend, an assassin, a social worker, and many others collide as Alex Orson makes a desperate bid to escape his abusive parents with a thousand-mile journey through the Canadian wilds. See my profile for more information.

I don't know what's worse: Living in this town not knowing when I'll be Called, or living here knowing that all my friends have already been Called. Everyone knows what being Called means. Once you go into that building, you never come out. Ever.